Georg Ohm
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Georg Ohm was a German physicist and mathematician best known for formulating Ohm’s law, which defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georg Ohm canonical | 2 |
| Georg Simon Ohm | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3654993 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georg Ohm Context triple: [Alessandro Volta, influenced, Georg Ohm]
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A.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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B.
Heinrich Lenz
Heinrich Lenz was a 19th-century Russian physicist best known for formulating Lenz's law, which describes the direction of induced electric currents in electromagnetic induction.
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C.
André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère was a pioneering French physicist and mathematician whose work in electromagnetism led to the naming of the unit of electric current, the ampere, in his honor.
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D.
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist best known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism, laying the foundation for electromagnetism.
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E.
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Friedrich Kohlrausch was a prominent German physicist renowned for his precise measurements of electrical conductivity and his influential work in experimental physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georg Ohm Target entity description: Georg Ohm was a German physicist and mathematician best known for formulating Ohm’s law, which defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits.
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A.
Gustav Kirchhoff
Gustav Kirchhoff was a 19th-century German physicist best known for formulating Kirchhoff's circuit laws and making foundational contributions to spectroscopy and thermal radiation.
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B.
Heinrich Lenz
Heinrich Lenz was a 19th-century Russian physicist best known for formulating Lenz's law, which describes the direction of induced electric currents in electromagnetic induction.
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C.
André-Marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère was a pioneering French physicist and mathematician whose work in electromagnetism led to the naming of the unit of electric current, the ampere, in his honor.
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D.
Hans Christian Ørsted
Hans Christian Ørsted was a Danish physicist and chemist best known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism, laying the foundation for electromagnetism.
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E.
Friedrich Kohlrausch
Friedrich Kohlrausch was a prominent German physicist renowned for his precise measurements of electrical conductivity and his influential work in experimental physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Copley Medal ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1789-03-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1854-07-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Jesuit Gymnasium in Cologne
ⓘ
Polytechnic School of Nuremberg ⓘ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th-century physics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Ohm ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electrical engineering
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electromagnetism ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Georg ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
experimental physics
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theoretical physics ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
Ohm's law for electrical conduction
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surface form:
Ohm's law
Ohm (unit) ⓘ
surface form:
ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
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| hasRelative | Martin Ohm ⓘ |
| knownFor |
formulation of Ohm's law
ⓘ
relationship between voltage, current, and resistance ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ |
| middleName | Simon ⓘ |
| name |
Georg Ohm
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Georg Simon Ohm
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| notableConcept | Ohm (unit) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ohm's law for electrical conduction
ⓘ
surface form:
Ohm's law
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| occupation |
professor
ⓘ
school teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Erlangen
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Margraviate of Bayreuth ⓘ
surface form:
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
|
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of Bavaria
ⓘ
Munich ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of physics at the University of Munich ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Martin Ohm ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cologne
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Munich ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ |
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Subject: Georg Ohm Description of subject: Georg Ohm was a German physicist and mathematician best known for formulating Ohm’s law, which defines the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in electrical circuits.
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